the elastic, invisible mixture of gases (chiefly nitrogen and oxygen, as well as hydrogen, carbon dioxide, argon, neon, helium, etc.) that surrounds the earth, either in motion or not; air; wind.

the supposed disembodied spirit of a dead person (esp. a pregnant woman), conceived of as appearing to the living as a pale, shadowy apparition; a ghost.

any clue by which something is followed or detected.

the state of the mind being agitated, perturbed greatly.

the power of a person who affects another, as seen in the action, style etc. of the latter.

the trend of affairs or public opinion; ಗಾಳಿ ಊದು gāḷi ūdu = ಗಾಳಿ ಹಾಕು; ಗಾಳಿಗೆ ತೂರು gāḷige tūru (fig.) to neglect or avoid following principles, advice, rules etc., for getting benefits in the short run; ಗಾಳಿಗೊಡ್ಡಿದ ಸೊಡರು(ಲು) gāḷigoḍḍida soḍaru(lu) anything that is subject to destruction by an impending or inevitable danger.

that which is not lasting; temporal; transitory; ಗಾಳಿ ಬಂದಲ್ಲಿ ಕೊಡೆ ಹಿಡಿ gāḷi bandalli koḍe hiḍi (prov.) to act to take advantage of the situation; ಗಾಳಿ ಬಂದಾಗ ತೂರಿಕೊ gāḷi bandāga tūriko (prov.) to utilise a favourable opportunity to the fullest possible extent; to hoist your sail when the wind is fair; to make the hay while the sun shines; ಗಾಳಿಯ ವಾದ್ಯ gāḷiya vādya (n .) (often wrongly used as gāḷivādya) a musical instrument sounded by blowing air through it, as a flute, pipe, etc.

insulting speech; abuse; rebuke.

to cease to exist; to die.

to pass - a) to go or move forward, through or out; b) to spend (one's time, days, life etc.).

to slip by; to elapse; to pass (as time).

to avoid happening; to fend off.

to drive out or away.

to go beyond (one's capacity, power, etc.); to become impossible.

to deduct; to subtract.

to grow or become ripe; to ripen well.

to advance in age; to become old.

to lose strength, vigor, etc. (as in advanced age).

to rejoice; to be delighted; to be pleased.

to have unwarranted pride and undue self-importance; to become arrogant.

a wooden pin used to insert a) in to the hole of latch of a door for preventing it from being opened or b) in to the hole of a yoke to hold the cord preventing from an ox disengaging itself from the yoke.

a thick liquid food made by boiling rice, ragi (finger millet) or jowar flour in water; a kind of porridge.

soft mud; slush; soggy earth; clay.

(dial.) the sap of some kinds of palm, fermented to produce arrack; toddy.

the quality of being aggressively assertive, presumptuous or overbearing; arrogance.

a kind of meal made of rice, ragi or jowar flour and boiling water and, often, buttermilk; a sour porridge.

= ಘಳೆ.